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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
1
Greencastle merchants distribute invitations to residents within the trading zone to visit during Courtesy Week August 20 to 25. The pamphlet highlights growth, housing, industry, and university expansion, urging readers to inspect stocks and prices and implying mutual benefit for visitors and local traders.
The city reports three million dollars added to industrial capital, five hundred new employees, and a one million dollar payroll. Sixty homes are built in three sixty houses this year as five streets are paved in 1922. A hundred thousand dollar county hospital opens. DePauw University begins a half million dollar building campaign. A new Masonic temple is planned. Local bank deposits rise twenty percent and retail trade increases twenty five percent. Ten thousand car loads of Green Castle products are dispatched to the world in 1923.
The Pension bureau ends the requirement for vouchers before pension checks are issued. Following an act of Congress the rule applies unless the pension is paid to someone other than the named pensioner. The change reduces monthly inconvenience and cuts printing and handling costs.
The Lincoln Highway team, noted as the strongest colored squad in Indianapolis, travels to Greencastle to face the Greencastle Specials at the Zinc Mill Diamond next Sunday afternoon. Victories over Frankfort Ellwood Tipton Newman Ill Champaign Ill bolster their season card as local fans expect a top game against a solid opponent.
The Greencastle Herald endorses David Hostetter for the Democratic nomination. It notes his strong last primary showing but cites opposition from wet faction in Vigo and Vermillion counties as a past hurdle, suggesting better odds in the upcoming primary due to unpopularity of wet candidates last fall.
A Tuesday collision of two westbound trains No 95 and No 21 near Lena Indiana damaged the caboose and delayed traffic briefly. Wrecking crews from Terre Haute arrived within thirty minutes and by 9 pm the scene was cleared with the express train running about an hour late.
Forecast notes list cloudy skies with a chance of showers. Sunrise at 4 57 and sunset at 6 41 mark the day.
School attendance officers from Parke Sullivan Vermillion Monroe Clay Vigo and Putnam counties met in Greencastle Thursday in the office of county superintendent John Vermillion for their annual conference. The program included talks by Vermillion Greencastle Superintendent B W Kelly and nurse Isabel Walker followed by papers by Henrietta Swartz Grace Stickles Waldo Watts and others on getting ready for the year rural attendance checks and difficult districts. Attendees include Mrs Ednar Delp Rockville Mrs Clara A Scott Sullivan Miss Ethel Hughes Newport Waldo Watts Terre Haute Mrs Mary H Young Bloomington Mrs Grace Stickles Clay City Mrs Henrietta Swartz Davis and Mrs Maud Nattkemper Clinton Oscar Helm.
The Putnam County Teachers Institute will convene August 20 24 in the high school auditorium. Speakers include Maynard Lee Daggy of Chicago Dr J R Jewell of Arkansas Jesse E Adams of Franklin College and County Superintendent John Vermillion Mrs Georgette Herr White will supervise music.
Herb A O Sears of Haley succeeds E R Bartley as general agent for the T H I and Eastern Traction Co at Greencastle. Robert Stoner becomes assistant to replace Hadley. Bartley resigned to become Greencastle postmaster after 17 years with the company. The line Indianapolis to Greencastle opened July 1907 with the Greencastle station completed in September.
Dock Spurgin taxi line owner and former Green Castle man is on the hospital list this week after a tiny hand scratch led to blood poisoning. The left hand is painful and swollen, keeping him from work.
The Kappa Alumni Club met at Mrs. William Koehler's home on South Street Wednesday afternoon. Plans were made for the club bazaar as members enjoyed a social hour and refreshments.
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